Load Carrying Capacity of Hollow Concrete Block Masonry Column

Abstract

Stability plays an important role but Economy of structure is one of the basic aspect upon which any design is based however, best designer is one who comes out with a design which gives the stable and economic structure .the development of construction technology is closely related to the development of adequate mechanization and handling technology. Hollow concrete block is an important addition to the types of masonry units available to the builder and its use for masonry is a constantly increases. This project is a study of construction of hollow concrete block masonry, Columns constructed with hollow concrete blocks, and to the load carrying capacity of the hollow concrete block individually and when used in the masonry work, by comparing the work with brick masonry this will help builders to appreciate the essential constructional details and adopt hollow concrete block masonry in a large scale wherever it is economical.